I want to be a gunner, but I am having trouble understanding the whole gun customization thing etc, and the thing that is especially discouraging me is the ammo issue:

How do you know how much a gun can load? Not just that, but how do you know how much your hunter can hold? Sometimes I can only hold 9 of a certain kind of ammo: will a better gun change that, or is that normal?

Also, people mention making your own ammo when you run out out, but I looked at some of the ingredients, and I'm having trouble finding large amounts of "Bone Husk M" among other things such as fish.

ammo capacity: look up what each part of the gun can hold of a certain ammo, or just look at the stats after you put it together. the numbers you see are the amount of bullets that your gun can hold in a "clip" at one time.

ammo amounts: each ammo type has a different mac amount that you can hold. Pierce, Pellet, and elem shots can do 60, norm lvl 2 and 3 can do 99, and clust is about..3 i think. crag is usually 9.

if you want to fire more, youll have to combine more ammo on the spot

materials: upgrade your farm and your fishing boats. there are a lot of materials that youll be able to put in the farm, and the fishing boats tend to get good hauls, especially if you get a "bonus day" and some fish finders to help them out. otherwise, just see if you can buy any of them.

I want to be a gunner, but I am having trouble understanding the whole gun customization thing etc, and the thing that is especially discouraging me is the ammo issue:

How do you know how much a gun can load? Not just that, but how do you know how much your hunter can hold? Sometimes I can only hold 9 of a certain kind of ammo: will a better gun change that, or is that normal?

Also, people mention making your own ammo when you run out out, but I looked at some of the ingredients, and I'm having trouble finding large amounts of "Bone Husk M" among other things such as fish.

Is there a way to mass produce these? You can't really farm them...

More questions to come! Your help is appreciated.

Whoever told ya that was like me trying to tell you to find a kut-ku in this game. There are bone-husk S, and bone husk L but not Bone Husk M

If you want to know how much ammo a gun can load, look at their status. It's right there. And if it's highlighted yellow, then that means it can be rapid fired. Rapid Fire means that instead of firing one shot, you fire three. And it's pretty cool.

FYI, some people will also tell you rapid-firing is a liability. I personally never saw it that way. But I guess, in its own little way, the extra time it takes to fire multiple shots can change your damage output/ability to dodge/etc. It probably boils down to your specific style of play.

I've heard it a couple of times - do a lot of people dislike rapid fire shots?

That's a relief to hear. Sometimes I wondered if I was doing something wrong. Because I personally love the rapid fire, especially with Bonus Shot. I find it very easy to fire 3-4 times then dodge. But for some reason, I don't quite have enough time usually to fire 2 normal shots in that same time period. When I do that, I'm always getting nailed by charges.

That's a relief to hear. Sometimes I wondered if I was doing something wrong. Because I personally love the rapid fire, especially with Bonus Shot. I find it very easy to fire 3-4 times then dodge. But for some reason, I don't quite have enough time usually to fire 2 normal shots in that same time period. When I do that, I'm always getting nailed by charges.

Funny you should mention that; I had Barroth in mind when constructing my response. There's just something profoundly satisfying about laying into him with triple fire water rounds, watching as his armor disintegrates